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dai¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindi दाई (dāī), from Sanskrit.

noun dais

  1. Bangladesh, India, North, Pakistan A wet nurse; a midwife. Kausalya, she learnt, was his dai, the one who had breast-fed and looked after him.

Dai²

  • /daɪ/

Sounds like die, dye, Di, daye · Rhymes with -aɪ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Welsh Dai.

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the male given name David, from Welsh.

Dai³

  • /daɪ/

Sounds like die, dye, Di, daye · Rhymes with -aɪ

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 傣 (Dǎi), borrowed from a Tai language. Doublet of Tai and Thai. Compare Thai ไท (tai).

noun Dais · Dai

  1. An ethnic group of China, one of the 55 officially recognized minorities.
  2. A member of the ethnic group.

Dai⁴

  • /daɪ/

Sounds like die, dye, Di, daye · Rhymes with -aɪ

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 代 (Dài), likely from a presinitic name for the area or its people.

proper noun Tai

  1. historical A small northern state of ancient China.
  2. historical Various other kingdoms and princely appenages of imperial China named for the ancient state.
  3. historical A prefecture of Shanxi under imperial China.

    Similar: Daizhou, Taichow, Tai-chou

  4. A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China. Tian Yongsheng from Shanxi province is desperate to find a way to relieve the chest pain which has haunted him for years.[…] He is well aware what will happen if he is not treated. Many of his neighbours in Dai county - all coal miners - have died of the disease after suffering great pain. 'In the f

    Similar: Daixian, Tai-hsien

Dai⁵

  • /daɪ/

Sounds like die, dye, Di, daye · Rhymes with -aɪ

Where it comes from

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 戴 (Dài).

proper noun

  1. A surname.

DAI⁶

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism, slang Initialism of Dragon Age: Inquisition.

    Similar: DA3

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: podium, rostrum, pulpit, ambo, soapbox, stump, major, large, big, day, dye, dale, iad, tai, david, dae

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noun an ethnic group of China

中文傣族 dǎizú

name county

中文代 Dài

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@misc{dai_2026,
  title = {dai},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dai},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}